Shoe heel ornament



March 28,1933. P MARlAN] 1,903,004

SHOE HEEL ORNAMENT Filed Oct. 13', 1950 vwen'coz pau/ Maria/Li proved shoe heel ornament applied to j a the attaching means 11, I have shown the Patented Mar. 28, 1933 I UNITED STATES PATIENT-OFFICE Application filed October 13, 1930. SeriaINo. 488,286. j i

This invention relates to improvements in 14 is accomplished by means of an attaclr shoe heel ornaments, and more particularly ing means 11 which preferably extends to an ornamental device adapted to be searound the rear portion of the shoe and curely but removably attached to a shoe heel, positioned in a substantially parallel plane and is an improvement upon my co-pendto the tread of theheel. By preference, the

ing application Serial No. 395,559, filed attaching means consists of a wire-likere- September 17th, 1930. sllient member whichis flattened somewhat Among the principal objects which the at its top and bottom so thatthe wire-like present invention has in view are To member is of less height than width and by 1 provide a shoe heel ornament of improved virtue of the comparative thinness of the and more desirable construction; to securemember the same will enter between the up 1y attach the ornament to the rear of a shoe; per end of the heel and the last thereby to obtain an attachment of the device beminimizing 1 the amount of the attaching tween the heel portion and the shoe last; to means which will be visible in use. H0wprovide a device which may be clamped to ever, by flattening the member forming the 658 the shoe readily and in minimum time; to attaching means, the same will have a reprovide positive securing means for the de siliency sufiicient to normally clamp the device; to secure simplicity of construction vice in place upon the shoe and a resistance and operation; and to obtain other advanto prevent the device from spreading open tages and results as may be brought out in inadvertently. I accordingly accomplish'a the following description. double purpose by thus flattening the mate- In the drawing: rial. V Figure 1 is a front elevation of my im- In order to mount the pendant 12 upon shoe heel; sanee provided withtabs 16 preferably Figure 2 is a plan view of the ornament; formed integral with the pendant at its 'up and per edge curled around the; said attaching Figure 3 is a side elevation of the orna- Ineansl As many tabs as desired may be 3O ment applied to a shoe. provided, and in the presentshowing' I' have A In the description: illustrated a tab at eitherside of the attach- In the specific embodiment of the invening means adjacent the side' 'edge of the tion illustrated in said drawing, the referpendant. These two tabs preferably arebent ence numeral 10 indicates the shoe heel ornainwardly and downward so as to? lie flatwise.

ment in general, comprising an attaching against the inside surface of the pendant. means 11 and a pendant 12 carried by said Ihave shown another. tab 17 at the vmiddle attaching means. The pendant 12, while ilback ofthe attaching means and middle uplustrated as of a specific open work characper edge of the pendant, curling over the atter preferably made of metal, may assume tachmg means, but projecting forwardly in any desired configuration and have any suitthe plane of said attaching means instead able surface decoration thereon so as to serve of curling down again like the] otheritabs, its purpose of decorating the shoe to which This projecting end of tab 17 is preferably it is applied. The general shape of the said pointed and can be forced into the crevice: pendant 12 is preferably such as to fit around between the heel and last of the shoe. By'

5 the rear portion of the heel 13 of a shoe 14 thismeans'the attaching means and pendant v and depend from substantially the juncture are both preventedfrom sliding down the of the heel with the last 15 of the shoe to a heel and will always retain'their proper resuitable distance above the tread of a heel lationship to the heel as long as they re as will be understood by those versed in the main upon, the shoe. V j j 50 art. The forward ends of the attaching means Mounting of the pendant 12 to theshoe 11 are preferably bent inwardly providing opposed prongs 18 which also are preferably sharpened at their ends enabling these parts also to be inserted in the crevice immediately below the last 15. In the present instance, 5 I have shown the prongs inserted between the last 15 and the sole 19 somewhat forward of the front edge of the heel, this part usually being referred toas the arch of the shoe. Positioning the prongs at this part of the shoe has the advantage of hiding the exposed portions of the attaching means next the prongs since the last has a considerable overhang at this part of the shoe.

Adjacent the prongs 18, I provide by preference, means by which the prongs may be eX- tracted when desired from the shoe so as to enable the device to be removed from the shoe and attached to another. As here shown this means may conveniently be provided by olfsetting the wire-like member outwardly from the normal alignment with the adjacent portion of the said member. The specific disclosure herein provides a short outward bend 20 near the prongs with the member again returned to the same general direction of the adjacent portion of the member before the bend, thereby providing an offset 21. The other end of thisoffset 21 bends inwardly and forms prong 18 as heretofore described. By 3fvirtue of the offset 21' a suitable instrument such as a nail file, hair-pin and so forth may be inserted between the offset and the shoe 7 and thereby enable a suitable grip or lever age to be applied for withdrawing the prong. 5*?It will be observed that the prongs 18 cooperatewith the tab 17 to obtain a three-point suspension of theattaching means, and the prongs prevent the tablr' from detachment 7 from the shoe until said prongs are first with- Ldrawn. In addition to the frictional engage- ,ment of the prongs with the shoe, the same are held in attaching position by the normal resiliency of the attaching means which urges said prongs inward. :"Iclaim:

1 A shoe heel'ornament as characterized comprising an -attaching means for a pendant,'said attaching means comprising wirelike'material flattened so as to have a less height than width thereby obtaining rigidity vin the direction ofgreatest width and enabling the attaching means to rest entirely be- 7 tween the last of a shoe andan attached part by virtue of the flattening of said material.

1 :1" 2. A shoe heel ornamentas characterized comprising in combination with a U-shaped. flattened resilient wire, said wire to entirely fit within the crevice of the upper end of a heel and shoe last, an ornamental pendant suspended from said wire, tabs integral with and projecting inwardly fromsaid wire into theshoe, and ofiset portions adjacent the free. ends of the wire whereby the shoe heel ornament is extracted from the shoe.

PAUL MARIANL 1 

